poetry
Forgetting in the land of poets and bones: Spain’s ‘Desmemoria’
January 21, 2021"Our shared task is to promote the discourse of human rights to guarantee our future.”
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Poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’
January 20, 2021It was an extraordinary task for Gorman, the youngest by far of the poets who have read at presidential inaugurations.
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A new year poem for Latin America, ‘La Paciente’
January 4, 2021Latin America lies on a hospital gurney after yet another amputation...
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Brazilian poet diplomat Vinícius de Moraes and ‘The Worker in Construction’
December 11, 2020The year 2020 marked 40 years of farewell to the poet Vinícius de Moraes.
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Brazilian singer Vital Farias’ ‘An Amazon Tale’ in poetic new English translation
November 23, 2020English lyrics for Brazilian singer/songwriter Vital Farias’ “Saga da Amazônia,” a poetic translation.
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